Unit1Close readingExercisesⅠ.1.between.2,from,to,of/in.3.from/in ,to,in,with,behind.4.to ,for Ⅱ.1.Who among those fiery sons, with their eyes showing angerand confusion, really communicated with his father?2.Who even knew ,not to say admired, what the father did inhis not-so-well-understood world(or his self-enclosed city)? 3.whether he was considered a father or not depended onwhether or not he could bring home income4.It meant either shouting or that troubling silence most deeplyhidden in the soul of any real American boy5.I wish there were something else in the file folder, some story,some positive example that you could uphold.6.they go through the files on the subject in their minds7.there is even an occasional full-time father-who makes thesame kind of mistakes as full-time mothers would make8.he wants the kind of relationship that is (only) intimatelyinvolved with the family’s daily routines that require time and practiceⅢ.1.He cannot tell the difference between the two sounds, letalone pronounce them accurately.2.The job at the front desk is meant for those who havereceived some basic training in computer and English.3.The minute Mr.goldsmith comes to the office; let him knowthat the boss wishes to see him.4.She loves to go to the class reunion .on the other hand,shedoes not want to see that person who hurt her feelings in the past.5.nobody knows for sure what has happened between Susanand her ex-boyfriend ,but it is clear that she refuses to be involved in anything connected to himⅣ。

1. it’s a simple story about a judge who, when faced with a fifteen –year –old kid who needed help, made an unusual judgment.2. There is an excerpt from a novel by Stephen Koch.3. So these sons are trying to devise their own positive examples for emulation.4. Margaret Mead has written that “human fatherhood is something invented for social purposes”5. These fathers don’t want to be the kind of fathers who only spend time with their families on Sundays.6. They can’t insist on the excuse that the reason they are not there for their families is because they have to work hard to be successful justifying their absence with the need to make it.7. Their bosses are usually men of their father’s generation whose offices are designed for full –time mothers and absent fathers.Ⅴ.1. He is no more than 10 years old, but he is already difficult to deal with.2. Jack has been working hard (in the hope) to get ahead, but he does not know how to connect with his colleagues3. None of the children wants to play with her .so the minute she has a problem, she will call the teacher for help.4.Tom can work ten to twelve hours a day ,six days a week, and he never refuses any opportunity to work overcome ,but –how shall I put it ?he is what people call a workholicFurther reading (passageⅡ)Multiple choice exercises1-d.2-b.3-b.4-b.5-d.6-c.7-a.8-d.9-a.10-bListeningExercises for listening compressionⅠ.1-c, 2-aⅡ.1-T.2-F.3-F.4-TWritingWriting exercises1. every time I visited my hometown, a small village in the mountain area, memories about my happy and carefree childhood would come back to me.2. All that interests me at the moment is whether we should take the trip. All other topics we can discuss later.3. In fact, we found out that the trip was rather costly, not at all like the good deal that the travel agent had promised.4. It is my father who does cooking every day since my mother goes to work on the other side of the city and comes home rather late.Guided writing: summaryⅠ.from the age of five or six Berger began to fear for the death of his parents .the fear would come with nightfall .hewanted to know that his parents would not die at night. but he could not rally ask :you won’t die in the night ,will you ?Instead, he invented the euphemism: see you in the morning !Ⅱ.if my mother was all too thrifty ,she was generous at the dinner table ,offering whatever she had bought ,prepared and cooked to whoever came into the house .she had learned from her childhood that it was hard to survive in life ,she asked no favor of anyone and depended on nobody ,love ,my mother used to say ,is the only thing that counts in the world .。